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The Culture Wars with Michael Moynihan

Peter McCormack
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SHOW NOTES: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcas... Michael Moynihan is a correspondent for Vice News and co-host of The Fifth Column podcast. In this interview, we discuss identity politics and its effect on framing issues such as the Russia Ukraine conflict. We also cover culture wars, toxicity, mainstream media, and freedom of speech. THIS EPISODE’S SPONSORS: Gemini - https://www.gemini.com/ Cake Wallet - https://cakewallet.com/ BlockFi - https://blockfi.com/peter Casa - https://keys.casa/?pk_campaign=wbd-ye... Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ Compass Mining - https://compassmining.io/ BCB Group - https://hubs.ly/Q011cb730 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:20 Politics and polarisation 00:11:30 Echo chambers; UK politics 00:24:38 The culture wars and lazy media stereotypes 00:29:46 Roots of the Russia Ukraine conflict 00:41:51 Destruction; Azov Battalion; opinion in Russia 00:52:58 International support for Ukraine versus other count …...more
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The Culture Wars with Michael Moynihan
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2022Jun 8
SHOW NOTES: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcas... Michael Moynihan is a correspondent for Vice News and co-host of The Fifth Column podcast. In this interview, we discuss identity politics and its effect on framing issues such as the Russia Ukraine conflict. We also cover culture wars, toxicity, mainstream media, and freedom of speech. THIS EPISODE’S SPONSORS: Gemini - https://www.gemini.com/ Cake Wallet - https://cakewallet.com/ BlockFi - https://blockfi.com/peter Casa - https://keys.casa/?pk_campaign=wbd-ye... Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ Compass Mining - https://compassmining.io/ BCB Group - https://hubs.ly/Q011cb730 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:20 Politics and polarisation 00:11:30 Echo chambers; UK politics 00:24:38 The culture wars and lazy media stereotypes 00:29:46 Roots of the Russia Ukraine conflict 00:41:51 Destruction; Azov Battalion; opinion in Russia 00:52:58 International support for Ukraine versus other countries (e.g. Yemen) 00:56:44 Anti Zelinsky narrative in US; identity politics and audience capture 01:06:33 Libel, freedom of speech, hate speech 01:15:25 Condescending MSM, fake news, wokeism, anti-wokeism, cancel-culture 01:27:49 Dealing with toxicity 01:38:49 Divorce, drugs, cancer, yoga, running, Bitcoin 01:43:48 Venezuela: beauty and despair WHERE TO FIND THE SHOW: → My website: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/ → iTunes: https://apple.co/2OOlzVV → Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ygc4W1 → Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2IQO8fX → SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/2CGSVQR → YouTube: https://bit.ly/3nyi9Ez → TuneIn: https://bit.ly/2ywystr LISTEN TO OLD EPISODES: → By guest: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/guests/ → By topic: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/topics/ → Transcriptions: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/transc... SUPPORT THE SHOW: → https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/sponso... → Become a Patron:   / whatbitcoindid   → Subscribe on iTunes → Leave a review on iTunes → Share the show out with your friends and family on social media → Drop me a line on hello@whatbitcoindid.com WHERE TO FOLLOW ME: → Twitter:   / whatbitcoindid   → Medium:   / whatbitcoindid   → Instagram:   / whatbitcoindid   → Facebook:   / whatbitcoindid   → YouTube:    / whatbitcoindidpodcast   → Website: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/ → Email list: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/subscr... LEARN ABOUT BITCOIN: → Step by Step Guide: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/beginn... → Training: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/training/ → Resources: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/resour... #Bitcoin #Finance #Economics **** “You can convince people of these things much easier now because they believe that speech is violence and nobody likes violence…there’s a reason, a very specific reason that you recast words as violence because nobody wants to be opposed to free speech.” — Michael Moynihan
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US polarisation has turned society into isolated camps with defined ideologies and narrow cultural perspectives. Issues are expressed in binary terms: you’re expected to have a for or against a position. And the determination of which position to take is increasingly made as a reaction to what the other side believes. Politics is tribal. There are obvious issues with this trend. People become increasingly deaf to consideration of opposing views. The Socratic method has been ditched in favour of blind alliance to a given group. Critical thinking is decreasing; vitriolic rhetoric is on the rise. Identity politics is resulting in a balkanisation of our communities, as like seeks like, reinforcing the divide. The impacts are becoming increasingly disorientating, as both sides of the political divide align with beliefs that were previously antithetical to their respective ideologies. For example, the right and left have changed their relative positions in terms of support and distrust of government agencies. And, instead of trying to break down these barriers, our representatives and media are increasingly fermenting and exploiting these culture wars for financial gain. Media is becoming beholden to audience capture, both in terms of the large mainstream media corporations, and the wave of independent voices rising from social media. Real journalism is on the wane. The result is the true nature of life becomes clouded, including events of huge geopolitical significance such as the Ukraine Russian conflict. We’re unable now to distinguish fact and spin. The real problem is that people are unable to unite and coalesce around nationally vital policies. And as the world problems become more complex, how will this all play out?
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